Improved device foe fastening shoe-lacings



@uiten .tetes strnt @fitte OLIVER H. MARSTON, -OF SANDWICH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ANl) MOSES L.

i MCRSECF STCNEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 74,839, dated February 25, 1868 IMPROVED DEVICE FOR FASTENING fSllOE-lliAGIllGS.

TO ALL WAI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN: v

Be it known that we, OLIVER H. MARSTON, of Sandwich, in the county of Carroll, and State of New Hampshire, and MOSES L. MORSE, of Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Fastening Shoe-Lacings, Straps, Ribbons, Cords, or other Strings; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of the single lacing-fastener.

' Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of 'the single lacing-fastener.

Figures 3 and 5 are topA views of the double lacing-fastener. Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the double lacing-fastener.

The letter a represents the metallic base of' the fastener, having the edges d bent upward at any convenient angle. The letter b represents the metallic spring, resting upon the base, and fastened thereto, the edgesfof the spring being bent downward at any convenient anglen The letter c represents the openings in the base to allow the lacing to pass through. The letter e represents the ends of the spring, which are bent upward to allow the lacing to he slipped under the same readily. The letter g represents an opening in the base, through which a. rivet may be passed to fasten the same to leatheror cloth.

The base is made of metal or any equivalent substance, and may be of' any convenient form. A Upon the base is fastened the elastic spring,which may be of meta-l or any equivalent elastic substance.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The lacing is rst passed up through the opening c. Itis then slipped under the end, e, of the spring, and passed along to the middle of theoutward edge of thesame, where it is-heldvfast Yby the pressure of the spring upon the lacing against the upturned edge d of the base.

What we claim as our-invention, anddesire to secure hy Letters Patent, is-

1. The base, a, having openings, c, for the'lacings to pass through, and having the ends, d, bent upward at any convenient angle.

2.' The spring b,.having the edgesf, which are parallel to the uptnrned edges d of the hase, slightly bent downward. i

3. The combinationfand arrangement of the base, a, with the spring b, to operate together as specified.

OLLVER H. MARSTON, MOSES L. MORSE. i

Witnesses:

SILAS DEAN, MAM L. QUINBY. 

